Mental health: a case of overdiagnosis?

Mental health: a case of overdiagnosis?

Sadness, anger, confusion, infatuation, lack of interest in sex, elation – these have all been normal human emotions since the dawn of time, said Dr Alistair Santhouse in The Mail on Sunday. But I've noticed in my work as a psychiatrist that people are increasingly prone to interpret these and other extreme feelings as evidence of some underlying disorder or syndrome.In a survey by the National Union of Students a few years back, an astonishing …

"Dobrý den Radiožurnálu" was a continuous series of music concerts for 24 hours. The most listened to station of Czech Radio helped children with mental problems during the weekend. The concerts were broadcast live by the station.

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The Community of Madrid will allocate 24 million euros for the hospitalization of adults with severe, chronic and complex mental disorders who need treatment or rehabilitation.The Governing Council has known on Wednesday the processing of the Framework Agreement that will provide this service, which will have a period of execution of two years that can be extended by two others.They can also access this type of sick therapy in which outpatient c…